James Kerby Neill (1906 - 21 August 1996) was professor emeritus of English at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.,[1] He was an author and researcher with a Ph.D. in Shakespearean studies[2] He was born in 1906 to Charles Patrick Neill (b.
[3] He was a graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School and Georgetown University, and received a doctorate in English literature, focusing on Shakespeare, from Johns Hopkins University.
[6] Neill served on the board of directors of the William J. Kerby Foundation, a national organization founded in 1941, dedicated to promoting the fundamental principle of the dignity of man, focusing attention on the spiritual basis of democracy, encouraging Americans to put this spiritual concept of democracy to practical use in the fields of education, social service, public administration, labor and industrial relations, and developing a strong, alert, and active lay leadership.
[7] His father, the prominent Charles P. Neill, and also a faculty member of Catholic University, had been officially elected its honorary president on April 26, 1942, the same day it adopted its constitution and by-laws.
[8] Neill died August 21, 1996, at a nursing home in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.